HAPPY REHAB HELPS CHILDREN IN STENDALEN

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:29:05+08:00 At the nursery school, Stendalen, in Fredericia there is room for everyone. The nursery school has 68 children from the ages 0-6 years, 30 of whom have disabilities. Among these children, there are children with autism, syndromes, muscle diseases, and children with cerebral palsy. The children have different individual needs. In addition to nursery school teachers, there are physiotherapists and one occupational therapist. They are responsible for seeing that the children’s physical disabilities are taken into consideration in daily school life, and that they receive the help they need to develop their physical potential. The nursery school uses different tools to provide...

WHO CAN USE HAPPY REHAB?

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:29:23+08:00 Your feet move up and down, while your attention is on the computer screen. One more push of your foot, and the game is finished. This is what training with Happy Rehab looks like. The game on the computer screen decides when and where you move the joint you are exercising, and your attention is on the game on the computer instead of movements of your joints. THE BASIC IDEA BEHIND HAPPY REHAB When Martin Hjort developed Happy Rehab, his original idea was that it would be a tool for people with cerebral palsy. This is the basic idea behind the development and...

GUSTAV AND DANIEL HAVE CEREBRAL PALSY, BUT THEY CAN DO MOST THINGS

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:31:11+08:00 Gustav The other kids are running around in the playground. It almost seems like they never run out of energy. It can easily feel like that for someone who has cerebral palsy. You need extra energy to do things that others can do easily.    In Denmark, 150 children are born each year with the diagnosis. But what is it actually like to live your life with cerebral palsy? HE CAN DO MOST THINGS Gustav Hjort was three years old when he started noticing that he couldn’t do the same things as his twin brother. As they got older, it was difficult for him...

BOTOX TREATMENT FOR CEREBRAL PALSY

shop-mgr2023-01-06T09:31:33+08:00 Most of us associate the word Botox with anti-wrinkle treatment. But when Botox is used for people with cerebral palsy, it’s not about smoothing out wrinkles, but about relaxing tight muscles. People with cerebral palsy often experience their muscles as very tight, which makes it hard to stretch muscles and joints. This can create gross motor problems. When Botox is injected in muscles, it inhibits nerve impulses and stops signals from the nerves from reaching the muscles. The hyperactive muscles are spared the neural contractions, and they can relax.  When the muscles are relaxed, they have much greater mobility, as they...

CPOP TRACKS YOUR CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT

shop-mgr2023-06-07T11:38:00+08:00 In the fourth week of January, the annual Cerebral Palsy Conference will be held in Oslo. The conference invites professionals, users and parents to meet and listen to presentations, see exhibitions and share experiences. The conference is well attended, with as many as 800 participants. It was established to give interested parties insight into the newest research in the area, and to create a forum for sharing experiences. When the conference is launched in January, it will once again offer many interesting presentations and exhibitions. Among the many events of the conference, there will be a presentation on early identification of infants...